Even though the first film in the SPIDER-MAN reboot series doesn't arrive until next summer, Sony has picked a release date for the sequel, writes Heat Vision. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN follow-up will swing into theaters on May 2, 2014. Andrew Garfield will return as Peter Parker and his heroic alterego Spider-Man. James Vanderbilt will return to pen Part 2. Marc Webb is directing the original.